To address gaps in current research, this study aims to compare the impact of exposure to glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RA) versus sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhib...
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GLP-1s and Dementia Risk: Effects Are Nuanced, Study Suggests
My Native Language Is Science Fiction
A med student discusses how Isaac Asimov’s stories may be perhaps the most potent metaphor for the paradigm shift happening in medicine today.
We Are Driving People Straight Into the Arms of the Wellness-Industrial Complex
Social media is filled with health content ranging from useful workout tips to dubious claims about curing diseases through diet. How do we cut through the noise?
Soft Drink Consumption May Contribute to Major Depressive Disorder Through Gut Microbiota Alterations
This cohort study examines the association between soft drink consumption and major depressive disorder diagnosis and severity and whether this association is mediated by changes in the gut microbiota.
Want Fewer Morning Aches? You Might Need to Change the Way You Sleep
Whether you're a back, side or stomach sleeper, medical professionals explain how to position your body to guard against neck cricks, shoulder aches and other body pain and soreness.
Can Vitamin D Supplements Really Slow Aging, as a Recent Study Suggests?
Vitamin D linked to healthier ageing through DNA protection, but experts caution against high-dose supplements.
Increased Risk of Peanut Allergy and Multiple Food Allergies Linked to Partial Colostrum Feeding
This study investigates whether partial colostrum feeding increases the risk of food allergy beyond cow's milk.
Ousted FDA Vaccine Chief Vinay Prasad Is Returning to the Agency
A Food and Drug Administration official who stepped down less than two weeks ago is getting his job back as the agency’s top vaccine regulator. Dr.
Novo Nordisk’s Obesity Drug Wegovy Cleared to Treat MASH
Novo Nordisk’s obesity drug Wegovy was cleared by U.S. regulators to treat an increasingly common...
The Following Are 5 Things I Wish My Younger Self in Medicine Knew
Dr. Sulagna Misra shares 5 things she wished her younger self knew, and that she can now confidently share with others in her field.
Psychiatrists Call for RFK Jr. To Be Replaced as Health Secretary
Two groups are calling for new leadership at HHS after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s actions on substance abuse treatment and mental health medications, among other issues.
From Erectile Dysfunction to Weight Loss, How Telehealth Got Hooked on Drug-First Thinking
Marketing of on-demand telehealth prescriptions has rapidly become a constant presence for American consumers
How Can Artificial Intelligence Transform the Training of Medical Students and Physicians?
Advances in artificial intelligence (AI), particularly generative AI, hold promise for transforming medical education and physician training in response to increasing health-care demands and shortages in the global health-care workforce. Meanwhile, challenges remain in the effective and equitable integration of AI technology into medical...
As NIH Launches New Autism Research Effort, the Focus Is on Environmental Factors
The NIH is making a $50 million bet: Understanding environmental factors will help researchers better understand why some people have autism.
Wildfire Smoke Could Kill Over 5,000 Californians a Year by 2050, Study Shows
New research from Stanford University estimates an increase to as many as 70,000 annual deaths across the U.S. from wildfire smoke as climate change...
If Anti-Seizure Meds Don’t Work for Epilepsy, Can Surgery Help?
Vikram Rao, director of the UCSF Epilepsy Center, discusses why a third of seizure patients don’t respond...
Mosquito-Borne Illness Rarely Seen in U.S. Is Suspected on Long Island
Chikungunya, which is endemic in parts of South America, Africa and Asia, may be the cause of a woman’s illness.
I Run into Patients in Public All the Time. It’s Not Always Easy
Now that I'm five years into practice, there are days I do not leave the house without seeing someone I have cared for, everywhere from the grocery store to the dentist.
Rectal Diclofenac Versus Indomethacin for Prevention of Post-ERCP Pancreatitis (DIPPP): A Multicentre, Double-Blind, Randomised, Controlled Trial
Recent meta-analyses suggested diclofenac may be superior to indomethacin in preventing post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) pancreatitis (PEP). The aim of our study was to compare the efficacy of 100 mg rectal indomethacin versus...
Has Medicine Stripped Me of My Love of Learning?
It has been hard to confront that my intellectual curiosity has dimmed — and that I may be responsible for letting it slip away.